News
Offices on the increase
Across the globe, an unprecedented office building boom is underway with over 65 mln sqm of space under construction that will deliver between now and the end of 2019, Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Office Forecast reports. That’s the equivalent of recreating five cities worth of office inventory – Washington, DC, Dallas, London, Singapore and Shanghai – over the next three years.
Investment & finance
EUR 133 mln financing Deal for Business Park Sofia
BULGARIA OTP Bank, its Bulgarian subsidiary DSK Bank and Postbank have granted a EUR 133 mln senior financing package to Business Park Sofia with Pricing set at 2.65 pct, plus the three-month Euribor, and a stated maturity of 2027.
Investment & finance
City Zen and Kalvin Square sold
HUNGARY Europa Capital has concluded the sale of the Kalvin Portfolio, Budapest. The Kalvin Portfolio comprises two city centre office buildings in Budapest with a total floor area of 26,000 sqm.
Asbud plans two 30-storey towers
POLAND Asbud Group has acquired land for the development of two residential towers at Rondo Daszyńskiego in Warsaw.
Dedeman closes and opens
ROMANIA Romanian DIY chain Dedeman has opened a new 15,000 sqm store in Iași at 2 Bulevardul Primăverii in a EUR 16.5 mln investment.
Mas ups the ante
CEE REGION Mas Real Estate Investment has announced that it is to increase its capital commitment to its joint venture with Prime Kapital from EUR 200 mln to EUR 350 mln of preference share capital.
Cobblers come to Knjaževac
SERBIA Italian shoe maker Progetti has bought a greenfield investment site in Knjaževac, representing the first new industrial development in the area for 30 years.
Investment & finance
Kingfisher gobbles up Praktiker
ROMANIA British DIY retailer Kingisher, which owns the Brico Dépôt chain, is to buy its rival Praktiker in Romania for an undisclosed sum.
AutoCAD improved
POLAND Rplus of Warsaw has developed the Aplus plugin for AutoCAD programme, which facilitates design to BIM specifications with over 2,500 functions.
Axis sees more
WORLD Axis has launched its Q86 and Q87 range of positioning cameras, giving operators faster and more accurate pan and tilt capabilities to monitor large-scale sites, perimeters and borders in real-time and are able to respond instantly to security alerts and incidents.
Martes Sport in Silesa Outlet
POLAND Sports store Martes Sport is to move into Silesia Outlet in Gliwice with a lease of 683 sqm.
One quarter of Złota 44 sold
POLAND Amstar and BBI Development has finalised the sale of 72 units in their luxury residential building Złota 44 in Warsaw to German-based Catella Wohnen Europa real estate fund.
Mirbud to build for Panattoni
POLAND Mirbud has received a letter of intent from Pannatoni Development Europe to build a warehouse and logistic hall in Natolin, a village just outside Łódź.
Gavdi grows in Katowice
POLAND HR consultancy Gavdi Polska is to move into the GPP Business Park in Katowice with Knight Frank having represented the tenant during the negotiations.
Myhive comes to Mokotów
POLAND Immofinanz has opened Myhive IO-1 in Warsaw’s Mokotów district, which is the sixth office building of the Myhive brand in Poland.
Koneser almost 90 pct leased
POLAND Four tenants have signed leases for a total area of over 3,400 sqm in Praskie Centrum Koneser in Warsaw and as a result the office section is now over 86 pct pre-leased.
Factory to be sold for PLN 16 mln
POLAND Projprzem of Bydgoszcz has signed a preliminary contract with to sell its factory in Sępólno Krajeńskie to Eggersmann Polska for EUR 3.75 mln.
Residential
Alouette topped off
POLAND Bouygues Immobilier has topped off the two buildings of Villa Alouette, a project next to Grabiszyński Park in Wrocław.
Polish Chamber of Tourism creates MICE team
POLAND The Polish Chamber of Tourism has set up a team to deal with MICE issues.
Events
Eighth Charity Real Estate Beach Volleyball Tournament to be held August 3rd
POLAND The Charity Real Estate Beach Volleyball Tournament, organized by JLL, will be held for the eighth consecutive time in Warsaw.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
Praga to tower up over Warsaw
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Construction
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
Coronavirus
Vaccination centre provided by Globalworth
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Employers in no rush to return to workplaces
Catella sees hope and chances for real estate after Covid-19
Corporate social responsibility
Not only for horses
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Panattoni sticks to the fairway
Colliers ends operations in Russia, Belarus
Data centres
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
E-commerce
This is the end
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
Wildberries now growing in Ukraine
Wildberries growing in April
ESG
Galeria Jurajska recertified
Galeria Jurajska has completed BREEAM In-Use recertification with a rating of Excellent for both Asset Performance and Management Performance. The cer ...
Westbridge secures green energy for Skanska
Green energy procured for Bartók Ház
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
Eurobuild FM
The power of community
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
EurobuildCEE
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
At the beginning of this year, Erste Group, which was already very active in the real estate financing market in Poland and the CEE region, acquired a ...
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
The Bridge to future expansion – Kestutis Sasnauskas of Eastnine
Eye to eye
Eye to eye… with Władysław Grochowski
After a long break, we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast! Today we talk with Władysław Grochowski, the head and founder of Arche.
Eye to eye… with Paweł Sapek
Eye to eye with… Daniel Bienias
For Ukraine
Nansen Refugee Award goes to Poland!
The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Build Europe supports refugees and appeals to European Commission
Former Russian building to house Ukrainian refugees
Green projects
EIB grants CTP solar-powered €200m loan
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
Cromwell granted €66m green loan for Janki
Pad Res to build 2 PV farms in Pomerania
Hotels
Marvipol launches Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg
Marvipol has launched sales for suites in its latest hospitality project, Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg. The five-star complex, comprising 227 suites, rangin ...
Pbb refinances Radisson Blu Bucharest
Griffin and Primestar join forces
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Grudziądz railway station under renovation
Budimex has begun a full-scale refurbishment and modernisation of Grudziądz railway station on behalf of Polish State Railways (PKP). Delivered under ...
Two fire stations for CPK airport
Strabag to build for Wrocław Airport
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Mokotowska Square sold to WB Group
Deka Immobilien has sold the Mokotowska Square office building in central Warsaw to a major tenant of the building, WB Electronics, for around EUR 39 ...
Erste lends to DL Invest
Bad Hersfeld Ost logistics centre refinanced
Land acquisitions
Panattoni enlarges its Swedish portfolio
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
CTP purchases land in Kragujevac
CTP secures major brownfield site
Material partner
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Excellent Fern at Off Piotrkowska
Office & mixed-use development
WTW picks V Tower for Polish HQ
Global insurance company WTW has leased 2,400 sqm of office space in V Tower in central Warsaw for its new Polish headquarters.
Regional markets becoming polarised
Regional office stock above 6 mln sqm
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Budimex rebuilds Szczecin sports centre
Budimex has completed the reconstruction and expansion of the swimming pool and sports and entertainment hall of the Szczecin Sports Centre. The const ...
Warszawa Wschodnia station to be modernised
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
Residential
Okam completes Inspire
The Inspire residential estate in Katowice's Three Ponds Valley has received occupancy permits for its final two stages, marking the completion of the ...
Takt Lirników enters the final development stage
Dyfrakcja almost ready
Retail & leisure
Villa Nova bigger and longer in Vis à Vis Wilanów
Medical clinic brand Villa Nova has extended and expanded its presence in the Vis à Vis Wilanów retail park in Warsaw’s Wilanów district.
Over EUR 1 bln transacted in H1
Redkom begins construction in Tarnów
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Smaller cities growing in importance
Szczecin, Rzeszów and Białystok have come out on top in 'the Beyond the Hubs' ranking, produced by investor Accolade in partnership with REDD and Mich ...
